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Show WARREN 0. GRILD OK DIRIGIBLE BOARD 1 WASHINGTON An Ogden young man. Warren 0. Child, is now recognized as one of the naval authorities of the United States, and has been named a member ot a board for dlriglhlo design which is meeting in Washington A late Issue of the Washington Post gives (he personnel of the board, with1 a review of the work ahead of the ex. I perts, as follow Washington Post, Jan. 2R, 1017. "In accordance with the recommendations recommend-ations of a board of army and navy officers of-ficers that recently considered the pro-cedure pro-cedure to be Followed in the construe tion of an immense airship of tip- dirigible dir-igible or Zeppelin type out of funds to' be supplied equally by the army and navy, a board to provide for and to su perlntcnd the construction has been appointed This board will on sist of Chief Constructor David Col.1 George O Squier and ( apt. Charles de F. Chandler, of the signal corps of the army, Lleuts. John H. Towers and Warren G. Child, of the navy; CapL I Virginlus F. Clark, aviation officer, signal corps, and Assistant Naval Con. struetor Jerome C. Hunsaker of the. I n a J -. Chief Constructor Taylor will be president of the board, and he will have general supervision of the design and construction of the airship. Lieut.) Col. Squier, who will become chief I signal officer of the army, with the rank of brigadier general, on retire, ment of Brig. Gen. George P Scriven on February 13, and who now is the head of the army aviation BOrvlce will be a valuable member of the board, because of his scientific attainments attain-ments and because of the information as to aeronautics he obtained while serving as military attache ;-l LOU don from the beginning of the European Euro-pean war until 8 few months ago. Capt. Chandler is the balloon ex. pert of the army, and now he Is in I command of the army balloon school at Fort Omaha. Neb. Lieut Towers) will represent the office of chief of na. val operations on the board, and he has a wide knowledge of aeronautical1 matters generally Lieut Child is at-j tached to the Navy Department bureau bu-reau of steam engineering, and he is an internal ombuston engine I expert Capt Clark is one of thft , most noted aeroplane flyers of the army. Naval Constructor Hunsaker has given much attention to the con-1 Btruction phase of aeronautical prob lems and to aeronautics generally, and he will be a valuable membei of the board for that reason. In addition addi-tion to the members of the board that are experts in engineering, construe-1 tion, mechanical llipht and ballooning the board will have available to it all the resources of both services and of the- advisory board on leronnu-tirs leronnu-tirs in the way of expert assistance and facilities. It is not expected an j airship of the type and size contera-1 plated can be designed and built Inside In-side of two or three years |
